Wheat Marketing in Ethiopia
1991
Adanech Adissu (Agricultural Marketing Corporation, Addis Abeba (Ethiopia))
Agriculture is the heart of Ethiopia's economy, as most of the population earns its livelihood from agriculture. According to official estimates, about 42 percent of the country's gross domestic product comes from agriculture, providing a livelihood for more than 80 percent of the population. Moreover, transprot, processing and trade activities depend upon the production of agricultural commodities, and incomes earned in agriculture provide markets for domestically produced goods and services. Agricultural development issues are very important for the national progress. However, in recent years agricultural exports have decreased, and Ethiopia's share in world trade of food crops has declined. Food production per capita has also declined, and imports of food grains are increasing over time. Grain production has not matched the population growth rate which is estimated at about 2.9 percent annually. The value of food donated by the industrialzed countries has increased substantially.
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